Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... poetical life began nearly to- gether . In his eighteenth year he wrote the poem that appears first in his works , on " The Prince's Escape at St. Andero : a piece which justifies the observation made by one of his editors , that he ...
... poetical life began nearly to- gether . In his eighteenth year he wrote the poem that appears first in his works , on " The Prince's Escape at St. Andero : a piece which justifies the observation made by one of his editors , that he ...
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... poetical production before that which the murder of the Duke of Buckingham occasioned ; the steadiness with which the king received the news in the chapel deserved indeed to be rescued from oblivion . Neither of these pieces that seem ...
... poetical production before that which the murder of the Duke of Buckingham occasioned ; the steadiness with which the king received the news in the chapel deserved indeed to be rescued from oblivion . Neither of these pieces that seem ...
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... many beauties of that time , however they might receive his love , were proud of his praises . Who they were , whom he dignifies with poetical names , cannot now be known . Amoret , according to Mr. Fenton 12 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... many beauties of that time , however they might receive his love , were proud of his praises . Who they were , whom he dignifies with poetical names , cannot now be known . Amoret , according to Mr. Fenton 12 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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... poetical productions . His choice of encomiastic topics is very judicious ; for he considers Cromwell in his exaltation , without inquiring how he attained it ; there is consequently no mention of the rebel or the regicide . All the ...
... poetical productions . His choice of encomiastic topics is very judicious ; for he considers Cromwell in his exaltation , without inquiring how he attained it ; there is consequently no mention of the rebel or the regicide . All the ...
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... poetical merit to the Panegyric ; and it is reported that , when the king told Waller of the disparity , he answered , Poets , Sir , succeed better in fiction than in truth . " 66 The Congratulation is indeed not inferior to the Pane ...
... poetical merit to the Panegyric ; and it is reported that , when the king told Waller of the disparity , he answered , Poets , Sir , succeed better in fiction than in truth . " 66 The Congratulation is indeed not inferior to the Pane ...
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